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GHARLESF. RAMM, '0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Leners' Patent No. 77,656` dated May 5,1868. V

IMPROVEMENT 1N WAGONLSKEIN.

TOALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN v Be it known that I, CHARLES F. RAYN, 'of the city and county of Milwaukee, andState'of Wisconsin, have invented a new nndfuseful Improvement in Wagon-skeins; and I do ,hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the artto make-anduse the saine, reference' being'had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specicnton, in which- Figure 1 is a'perspeetive view of the skein arid box.

Figure 2, 'a llongitudinal'seotional view of same.

Figure 3, cross-section;

Similar letters of referencein eachoffthe figures indicate corresponding-.parts The object ot' my invention is to construct a. wagon-skein from cast iron, in auch manner that it shall he durable, simple, and economical, ea'sily manufactured, and easily repuireduvwhen'a-.ny ofthe parts are-worn out,

- broken, or lost, each piece being perfeet when talfrerrfroul the sand, requiring no n'ishingfor use.

- A is the wooden uxlejB, the skein; C, Wagoner axle-box, cast withan inside projection at the small end,

and without any projectiouat the large end.' An enlargement. of the skein next the shoulder, when theskein' .is in the box, forms a recess for lubricating-material around the skein in the centre ofthe box. D, centre-iron;

E, bolt through skein B, wood A, and centregiron D, holding vthem firmly together; F, linchpin; G, nut on end of centre-iron 1);*l H, cap, with shoulder, through whichpasses the linchpin, holding the wheel ron the :ix-lei` v Operation. l l

'The wooden axle being madetaperingat the ends, to-{it skein B, iron, D, is tted into sume. The skein is then, slipped on tothe axle, and boltE driven through, and' riveted at eah-end. The bolt-holes on both sides of the skeins are .countersunk, ysothat when the'holt is riveted, its endswill be just 'even with the outer surface of the' skein. The nut G yis then screwed onse-lid, making an additional security, holdingvskein on the'axle. It is designed that, in practice, iron,-D`,lin some cases, will be let into the 's ideof' the axle, andv extend back towards the centre of the uxle, -behnd the inner end of the skein, andibolted tothe axle atthat' point. Cap H is then put on, and linchpin F inserted, and the skein is ready for use. i

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Skein B, centre-iron D, bolt E, linchpin F, nut Gn'aud cap H, .in combination, substantially as end for-'the C. F, RAVN. Witnesses:

J. N. MAsoN',

J, B. SMITH. 

